Sterling Rangers and Dayton Titans Shine in 2008 Baytown Football
Baytown Sterling ended a long playoff drought with a 6-4 season, defeating rival Lee and finishing third in District 21-5A, their first playoff berth since 1985. Dayton reached the state championship for the first time, dropping a high scoring title game to Sulphur Springs after a 13-2 season. Jerry Stewart notes Dayton’s late surge, while Herb Minyard and Stewart share coach of the year honors on The Baytown Sun’s All-Area Football team.
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Baytown Sterling
Dayton
Sterling Rangers
Lee
Sulphur Springs
Jerry Stewart
Broncos
Alamodome
Stewart
Sterling
Herb Minyard
Baytown Sun
Dayton stars lead 2023 football awards and accolades
A J Dugat is MVP and Dayton earns multiple honors with coaches Minyard and Stewart praising team unity. Cody Green Offensive MVP and Marc Michel Defensive MVP highlight a season of strong play. Keagan Kogut and Trey Murray win Newcomer honors as Dugat prepares to sign with the University of Houston. See football page 7A.
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A.J. Dugat
Dayton
Herb Minyard
RSS
Jerry Stewart
Cody Green
Marc Michel
Keagan Kogut
Trey Murray
Massengale and Spence ignite district playoff bids
Sterling senior Priscilla Massengale and Lee senior Carol Spence powered their teams toward the 21-5A playoffs, ending opponents game plans for four years. Massengale stepped up this season, while Spence helped Lee reach the postseason before losses to Deer Park and Pasadena Memorial. Burnett named all area MVP after leading Barbers Hill to a 29-14 season despite an late-season injury.
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Barbers Hill
John Leonard
Eagles
Megan Burnett
Leonard
Burnett
Lady Eagles
Baytown Sun
Sterling
Priscilla Massengale
Lee
Carol Spence
Pasadena Memorial
Deer Park
Nadine Horne
Massengale
All-Area football team picks QB Merka to lead roster
Crosby QB Dominic Merka heads an all area roster with Tony Carmona BH at QB Deior McNeil Anahuac Chance Casey Crosby DeMartie Allen GCM Payton Ploch Dayton Pat Wood GCM Chance Nelson RSS Caleb Stork BH OL Austin Riley REL OL Michael Gibson RSS OL Frank Rangel Crosby OL Ray Samuels Dayton OL Anthony St Julian Dayton K Isreal Rodriguez RSS Returner Cameron LaCour Dayton
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Dominic Merka
Crosby
Tony Carmona
Deior McNeil
Anahuac
Chance Casey
DeMartie Allen
Gcm
Payton Ploch
Dayton
Pat Wood
Chance Nelson
RSS
Caleb Stork
Austin Riley
Michael Gibson
Frank Rangel
Ray Samuels
Anthony St. Julian
K . Isreal Rodriguez
Cameron LaCour
Sun picks defensive corps for 2024 season
The Sun sports department names a 4-3 style defensive lineup featuring Darren Montgomery, Tony Hill, Zach Zellars, Justin Hudson, Dwain Nicholas, Randy Rasmussen, Jordan Baxter, Sam Peacock, Collin Bieschke, Mark Gray, Matthew Viverette, Thomas Bates, Justin Albritton, Vu Lam and Anahuac as a chosen roster.
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Darren Montgomery
Tony Hill
Dayton
Zach Zellars
Justin Hudson
RSS
Dwain Nicholas
Randy Rasmussen
Crosby
Jordan Baxter
Sam Peacock
RCA
Collin Bieschke
Mark Gray
Matthew Viverette
Thomas Bates
Justin Albritton
Anahuac
Vu Lam
BCA
All-Area Team and Year Honors Named for 2023-24 Basketball Season
The release lists team MVP Megan Burnett of BH and Offensive Player of the Year Priscilla Massengale of RSS, Defensive Player Carol Spence of REL, Newcomer Ariel Reitmeier of GCM, and Co-Coaches Nadine Horne of RSS and Mike Williams of Crosby. Also named are All-area players Kirsten Kubicek BCA and others including Jackie Perez REL Alyssa Cotten RSS Jessica Holt RSS Taylor Ford RSS Dyana Canon BH Lacy Bates Crosby Morgan Anderson BH Ashlee Rusk BH Courtney Nutt Crosby Megan Travis Crosby.
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Megan Burnett
Priscilla Massengale
RSS
Carol Spence
REL
Ariel Reitmeier
GCM
Nadine Horne
Mike Williams
Crosby
Jackie Perez
Alyssa Cotten
Jessica Holt
Taylor Ford
Dyana Canon
Lacy Bates
Crosby Morgan Anderson
Ashlee Rusk
Courtney Nutt
Crosby Megan Travis
Crosby Kirsten Kubicek
BCA
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